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Month: August 2007

 

  • Antonio Puerta Dead at Age 22

    — Soccer Fans

    Last Saturday Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta collapsed during a Primera Liga match against Getafe. On Tuesday, at 22 years old, he was dead. While Puerta was able to walk off the field under his own power, he collapsed again in the dressing room and had to have cardiac resuscitation before […]

  • Set It Up

    — Soccer Coaches

    Soccer, by nature, is a players’ game. With no timeouts to stop the action, coaches must get their message across before the game begins or at halftime, and hope their players recognize and adjust on the field. One of the great things about the beautiful game is that it allows […]

  • Plan on Being a Great Coach

    — Soccer Coaches

    As the end of the summer draws to a close, so starts the beginning of a new soccer season. All across the world, coaches and players are beginning to train for the new season whether they are youth teams, high school teams, college teams or professional teams. As an assistant […]

  • Beckham Needs an Entourage

    — Soccer Fans

    With the amazing boost in ratings that Beckham has brought MLS, it’s tough to set your mind to the day that he leaves Major League Soccer. The day that all the Beckham L.A. Galaxy jerseys have been sold and the last of his swerving free kicks have been taken, what […]

  • Building a Goalkeeper

    — Soccer Coaches

    According to many coaches, all excellent teams have excellent goalies. “To be able to win you need to have a great keeper in soccer today. Simply, a good goalie is half of the team.” Sir Alex Ferguson spoke those strong words after Manchester United won the Community Shield over its […]

  • Rooney’s Tough Break

    — EPL, Soccer Fans

    Wayne Rooney breaks a bone in his foot again and the world needs answers. There’s no way that Rooney is fragile. He is the definition of an English bulldog. There has to be some outside force causing this problem. Well, last weekend that outside force was Michael Duberry of Reading. […]

  • SoccerProse EPL Preview

    — EPL, Soccer Fans

    With the Barclay’s English Premier League getting underway this weekend it’s time to take a shot at predicting how the season will turn out. Last year’s champions, Manchester United, were all but written off as title challengers before the season began, and Reading was picked to finish at the bottom […]

  • Rhain Davis

    — Soccer Fans

    It’s a name I never thought I’d know, at least not for another decade, and it’s a name I really don’t want to know right now. For those who don’t know, Rhain Davis is a nine-year-old soccer prodigy who was recently, and very publicly, signed by Manchester United. The Red […]